Date | City | State | Employer | Body Part | Event |
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2021-10-29 | Miami Gardens | Fl | Southeastern Grocers Inc dba BiLo | Hand(s) and finger(s) | Injured by slipping or swinging object held by injured worker |
An employee was picking up a plastic trash bag. A sharp object protruded through the bottom of the bag and cut the employee's finger and palm. | |||||
2021-04-08 | Miami Gardens | Fl | BREFARO'S NOBILE FOOD, LLC | Arm(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was servicing industrial manufacturing equipment. His left hand became caught in one of the mixer's paddles and his entire left arm was amputated. | |||||
2020-02-07 | Miami Gardens | Florida | UNITED SITE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, LLC | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
Two employees were removing fence chain links at an event area. The fence chain links came down and amputated one employee's fingertip. | |||||
2019-06-14 | Miami Gardens | Florida | XPO Logistics, LLC | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee was attaching a dolly to his lead TRL when he slipped and his left pinky finger was caught between the front dolly and the TRL pintle hook. | |||||
2019-02-25 | Miami Gardens | Florida | BEST CHOICE CONSTRUCTION INC. | Foot (feet) | Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c. |
An employee was sweeping around metal roofing beams when a metal beam collapsed onto the employee's foot fracturing it. | |||||
2018-05-17 | Miami Gardens | Florida | R J S Consultants Inc. | Finger(s), fingernail(s) | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation |
An employee was cutting an aluminum molding with a chop saw when the saw caught and amputated two left-hand fingers. | |||||
2018-02-15 | Miami Gardens | Florida | Ahrens Companies | Multiple trunk locations | Other fall to lower level 16 to 20 feet |
An employee was ascending on a scissor lift to transfer insulation material. As the employee was climbing out of the scissor lift to the commercial roof, he fell 20 feet to the ground. The employee was hospitalized for broken ribs, a bruised liver and back pain. | |||||
2017-09-12 | Miami Gardens | Florida | Operations Management International, Inc. | Fingertip(s) | Compressed or pinched by shifting objects or equipment |
An employee had locked and tagged out an air handling unit to replace covers that were removed during a hurricane. He noticed that the belt was loose and attempted to tighten it. He then checked the tension of the belt and rotated the belt with his right hand. The momentum created when turning the motor pulled his fingertips into the pulley, lacerating and fracturing his right index, middle, and ring fingertips. | |||||
2017-08-28 | Miami Gardens | Florida | Whelan Event Staffing Services, Inc. | Nonclassifiable | Fall or jump from vehicle in normal operation, nonroadway |
An employee fell out of a golf cart while driving and struck the ground. | |||||
2017-03-10 | Miami Gardens | Florida | SOUTHERN ROAD & BRIDGE, LLC | Multiple upper extremities locations | Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning |
An employee was hospitalized after his left arm was caught inside the hose of a high pressure vacuum while the employee was collecting abrasive blasting debris on a bridge. The employee suffered from severe swelling and inflammation of his left arm, from the upper biceps to the hand while cleaning the hose of the high pressure vacuum. | |||||
2016-01-12 | Miami Gardens | Florida | RES-CARE PREMIER, INC | Brain | Other fall to lower level |
A maintenance employee was working from a ladder when he fell down, striking his head on the ground and sustaining head trauma. | |||||
2015-06-20 | Miami Gardens | Florida | Tilton Builders Inc. | Leg(s) | Ignition of clothing from controlled heat source |
An employee suffered burns on his right leg while using a gas saw to cut steel. The employee was cutting steel when the sparks from the gas saw ignited his jeans. He was hospitalized. |